Statue
created - c.1671This statue is part of a group of 16 that were
installed between August 1670 and March 1673.

Sculptor
- Lazzaro MorelliThis statue is cited along with St
Philip Benizi (123) and St Anthony of Padua (126) in the final
payments to Morelli in October and November 1671.

Height
- 3.1 m. (10ft 4in) travertineThe saint is in priestly
garb represented in the act of devotion to the crucifix.
Compared to St Philip Neri (124) and St Anthony of Padua
(126), this figure denotes a certain immobility due to facial
expression.

St
Charles Borromeo was created cardinal and commendatory archbishop of Milan
in 1560 by his uncle Pope Pius IV, when aged only twenty and
still a layman. Commendatory meant that he received the
episcopal revenues without having to perform any episcopal
duties. This affected his conscience, so he had himself
secretly ordained and consecrated as a bishop in 1563. He
became one of
the great reformers during the Counter-Reformation.